Washing, cleaning, and polishing glove



Oct. 11, 1932. HEATH 1,882,588

WASHING, CLEANING, AND POLISHING GLOVE Filed Jan. 17. 1930 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 igl- INVENTOR.

ward Heath Q Oct. 11, 1932. H. HEATH WASHING, CLEANING, AND POLISHING GLOVE Filed Jan. 17, 1930 2 SheetsSheet 2 llllll lllli V/lI P ZI' H :1 w an" E Patented Oct. 11, 1932 UNITED STATES HOWARD HEATH, OF REXBUBG, IID AHO WASHING, CLEANING, AND POLISHING GLOVE.

Application filed January 17,1930. Serialll'o. 421,487;

the thumb sheath 9. At the rear end of the The present invention relates to cleaning devices of that type adapted to be placed upon ones hand in the manner of a glove or mitt, and the primary object of the invention resides in the provision of an improved washing, cleaning and polishing device of this nature wherein the glove or hand receiving portion is secured in a novel and improved manner to the cleaner member proper.

A further object is to secure the glove proper to the cleaner member in such manner that the glove has an inherent tendency to spread the fingers of the hand placed therein so that a relatively large area is covered by the cleaner member during use, and

without tiring of the users hand due to constant manual spreading of the fingers.

A further object is to so secure the glove proper to the cleaner member as to permit the palm portion of the device to be readily cupped for cleaning objects having rounded surfaces.

A still further object of the invention is to provide an improved device of this character which may be very economically constructed and which device is of a nature permitting various uses.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be apparent during the course of the following detailed description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification and in which drawings: 1

Figure 1 is a plan view of the improved cleaning device looking at the back or glove side of the device.

Figure 2 is a section on line 2-2 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a transverse section on line 3-3 of Figure 1.

Referring to the drawings in detail, and wherein similar reference characters designate corresponding parts thruout the several views, the letter A may designate the glove portion of the device and B the cleaner portion or member for attachment to the glove proper.

The glove A is preferably formed of a suitable fabric and of usual formation embodying the finger sheaths 5, 6, 7 and 8 and glove body portion 10 is a wrist band 11 which may be ofa contractible' nature for snugly engaging about the wrist.

The cleanerportion or member B is preferably a piece of sheep skin having a general outline conforming to the general outline of an outstretched hand. As will be observed in Figure l the area of the cleaner member B is such that when the finger sheaths and thumb are spread the side and forward end margins of the glove will be spaced inwardly from the margins of the cleaner member.

The cleaner member is attached to the front or palm side of the glove A by a continuous line of stitching 12 extended about the margins of the glove in the following manner. The section of stitching 13 is extended along the outer edge of the thumb sheath 9 from the inner end of the wrist band 11 and then across the end portion of the thumb sheath. From the endof the sheath 9 the stitching continues across the cleaner member as at 14 and across the, outer end of the finger sheath 5 as at 15, the section of stitching 15 securing the sheath 5 to the cleaner member in a spread position with respect to the thumb sheath 9. The finger sheaths 6, 7 and Sare then arranged in spread relation upon the cleaner member and the stitching is continued across the outer ends of the sheaths 6, 7 and 8 as at 16, 17 and 18 respectively. From the outer end of the sheath 8 the stitching continues downwardly along the side of the sheath 8, body portion 10 and wrist band 11 to the inner end edge of the cleaner member as at 20. Thus it will be seen that the entire outline of the glove is secured to the cleaner member with the exception of the thumb side of the wrist band .11. Vith, the glove so stitched to the cleaner member the finger sheaths are held normally spaced or spread apart and the thumb sheath 9 is also held spaced from'the sheath 5. With the glove normally held in the spread position by the cleaner member, the glove hasa tendency to normally spread the fingers of a hand inserted into the glove sothat with little or no exertion on the part of the user, the cleaner member is held in an extended position for operating upon a relatively large area.

It will be noted that the glove and cleaner member are merely attached at the marginal portions of the glove and that the entire palm side of the glove is free of the cleaner member. This permits ready cup ping of the palm portion for use of the device in operating upon rounded or ball-like objects such as illustrated in the showing in Figure 2. B ynot having the section of stitching 13 continued along the wrist band 11 allows the yieldable band to readily contract about the wrist of the user, while thru continuing the section of stitching 20 along one side of the wrist band normally holds the wrist band in overlying relation with the rear portion of the cleaner member.

Stitching of the glove at its marginal portions only to the Cleaner member allows for ready and thorough cleaning of the device by allowing water or other cleaning fluid to readily pass between the palm portion of the glove and rear surface of the cleaning member. By projecting the margins of the cleaner member beyond the margins of the glove prevents the glove from contacting with the surface being worked upon and thus when using polish or the like applied to the face side of the cleaning member the polish does not come in contact with the glove and subsequently on the hand inserted into the glove.

Changes in detail may be made to the form of invention herein shown and described, without departing from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the following claims:

I claim:

1. A device of the class described comprising a cleaner member, a glove including a plurality of separate sheaths for the thumb and fingers of the human hand disposed with its palm side in confronting relation over the rear side of the cleaner member, and a continuous row of stitching extended along both sides of the glove and across the tips only of those finger sheaths intermediate the thumb and little finger sheaths.

2. A device of the class described comprising a substantially flat cleaner member, a glove including independent thumb and finger sheaths and a wrist band, disposed over the rear side of the cleaner member with the sheaths in a spread position, and a continuous line of stitching extending upwardly along the outer edge of the thumb sheath, across the tips of the finger sheaths and downwardly along the opposite side edge of the glove, said stitching at one end attaching one side edge only of the wrist band to the cleaner member.

HOWARD HEATH. 

